State investigators have rejected a request to conduct an independent probe of the death of a Chechen man who was fatally shot while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

ANYWHERE ELSE AT THIS RESORT. AMANDA OBER, WESH 2 NEWS. THE FATHER OF A CHECHEN MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY FBI AGENTS IN ORLANDO IS DEMANDING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS SON. IBRAHEEM TODASHEV WAS KILLED IN MAY WHILE BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH ONE OF THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING SUSPECTS. HIS FATHER HAS NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE AUTOPSY REPORT. HE SAYS HE'S GETTING NO ANSWERS FROM THE FBI. WESH 2'S MICHELLE MEREDITH EXPLAINS WHAT HIS NEXT MOVE MIGHT BE. THE FATHER OF IBRAHEEM TODASHEV IS NOW WORKING WITH THE ACLU AND A LEGAL TEAM TO POSSIBLY FILE A WRONGFUL-DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FBI. HE WAS A VERY GOOD BOY AND HE WANTED TO LIVE. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME DURING A PACKED NEWS CONFERENCE IN TAMPA. SPEAKING THROUGH AN INTERPRETER AND SHOWING PICTURES OF IBRAHEEM WHEN HE WAS LITTLE, ABDULLAH TRIED TO PAINT A PERSON PICTURE OF HIS SON. THE SON LINKED TO THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING SUSPECTS. HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. HE WAS SIMPLY NOT CAPABLE OF DOING IT. IN MAY, 27-YEAR-OLD IBRAHEEM TOWED ASHOVE WAS -- TODASHEV WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE BEING QUESTIONED BY FBI AGENTS. THE FBI SAID TODASHEV GOT AGGRESSIVE. AT TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE ATTORNEYS SAID TODASHEV GOT SHOT SEVEN TIMES AND THAT HE WAS UNARMED. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT NO MOTHER AND NO FATHER WILL EVER HAVE TO ENDURE AND GO THROUGH WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH. MY SON WAS A VERY GOOD BOY AND HE IS INNOCENT AND WAS SIMPLY KILLED. THE SEARCH FOR FRIENDS OF THE BOSTON MARATHON SUSPECTS BROUGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO TODASHEV'S FRONT DOOR. HE TRAINED IN THE SAME GYM. ATTORNEYS SAY BECAUSE IT IS AN ON-GOING INVESTIGATION THEY'VE BEEN DENIED A COPY OF THE AUTOPSY REPORT. THEY WANT ANSWERS. NORMALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME WHEN SOMEBODY IS KILLED BY THE FBI WITHIN 24 HOURS THE FBI COMES ON THE RECORD AND EXPLAINS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR TAKING THE LIFE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. HERE IS A MONTH AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THE LEGAL TEAM SAID THEY'RE GRATEFUL TO JEFF ASHTON FOR LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING.